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No Canadian companies involved in a shortened workweek trial intend to revert back to a five-day week, new research from 4 Day Week Global shows.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If some companiea can offer fulltime or hybrid WFH to have an advantage in getting employees, some others will.offer 4 day workweeks to be competitive with other companies. Canada can start the trend.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It would help if the governments did it... but I can't see them being a leader on this one because of the optics.

[–] bionicjoey 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Government treats public servants like shit because it's popular to do so. Nobody wants to believe their tax dollars are going toward somebody having a good job when they themselves don't have a good job.

[–] dom 9 points 2 years ago

Crabs in a bucket.

Most people fucking suck.

[–] corsicanguppy 2 points 2 years ago

help if the governments did it

You'd be interested to know that was the sticking point on the recent Fed strike.

And they got it.

I know dozens of people working on unionized government work who were WFH 100% since CoViD day, and haven't been back. Desks were sold/scrapped, leased released, space repurposed. Onsite are a handful of people, usually rotating assignments, for things like shipping/receiving, and the WFH language is baked into the latest contract there too.

The gov people ARE making progress.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

I wish I were that hopeful but I dunno I don't really see it starting. I'd love to be wrong though.